Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1887-02-16
D ,nsion Aaimants in this and 10 his former

veto messages are and have been, little, if al
aration of this message it is fact that, in
order that be might give full play 10 his feel
ings, he slipped out of the city into the coun'
try and on Friday shnt himself up all day
He complains of the cost and pirates upon the
expense t. the people, ana yet it is openly
chsrg d, and has never been denied, that ne
allowed one of his cabinet officers to draw
81 .00G pay for services rendered, when IL
fact tina. officer was absent and unable 20 per
form his dliies at all. "Oh, Consistency J!
The very last sct which MIR. Cleveland did 4
few hours b fore his marriage was TO veto
private pension bill, and among the first act'
which he performed upon his returning from
the We dding trip was to veto twenty or thirty
more.
II is somewhat amusing to see the constant
wrangling among the democrats in the House
Hardly dav passes without some scene
which would disgrace ward caucus. They
often refrain from open blows only because
Of a vague idea that personal encounter IT
.uch place would hardly be proper. Or
perhaps, the knowledge that such course
would result in good sound thrashing to one
of the parties engaged may act IS a stronger
deterrent than the lear of overstepping the
bounds 81 proprieiy. As the participants IN
rhese little scenes grow more and more bitter
~ personal the members leave their seats ant
crowd around the speakers, while the re
publicsns cheer both sides with vigor anc
impartislitv. In striking contrast with tho
dissensions which are rending the democratic
party, is the peaceful unanimity on the re.
publican side in the House.
There is an impression abroad that the
civil service laws. as administered by the
party in power. tend to divorce politics and
the civil service. There is not n particle of
truth in it. When the head of bureau wish
es additional clerks he sends requisiton to
the Civil Service Commissioners. who furnish
him with list containing the names OF some OF
those who have passed satisfactory examin-
alton, and who are, therefore, eligible to ap-
pointme t. From this list he makes his Sc
lection. The politics of the applicants sre
supposed not to be known. That is the the
org But the practice is very different MY
attention was called to-day TO confidential
bureaus and democratic applicant who had
passed the examination, but who had not sue
ceeded in getting his name certified to any
department. The applicant was asking the
bureau chief to request the Commissioners
chief. 'that will not do. If l we're to ask
the Civil Service Commissioners to send up
your name, the republican member of the
M m, m iao inp roul,, ind II out and tarrih1p
howl would go up all over the country. But
I'll fix you all right by getting a friend of
mine to privately see the democratic IN .m-
Der of the commission and get your name
sent up" Civil service or not, every new
appointee is a democrat, and l heard one OF
them the other day who somehow got
through the examination, refer to the blue
arch Of heaven as the 'blue fundament."
II was an interesting scene in the House on
Monday when Representative Reed BY his
parliamentary skill succeeded in showing that
if there was any failure on the part of the
House to provide means for the National
defense the responsibility rested on the
shoulders of the democratic party. The
moment that his purpose was OWNED the
democrats rose as one man and tried to cry
him down. They howled and yelled like
madmen. but all in vain. When at last they
had exhausted themselves and their resources
he drove the nail home and clinched it.
The Presidents messages and nominations
are sent to the Senate every afternoon be-
tween and 3 o'clock, in the custody of Mr..
o. l.. Pruden, assistant secretary. 1t takes
a good looking pair of clipped bays drawing
q fine government carriage to transport this
important parsonage from the White House
to the Capitol. While en- route be hugs the
one or more mammoth envelopes in his charge
as if there was danger of being waylaid.
There will probably be some legislation
looking towards national defenses by sea and
by land. But just what is going to come
out of the multiplicity OF propositions now
before Congress, it is hard to predict. Ran
dali is said to be utterly opposed to any I'M
usual expenditure for such purposes, and his
opposition will probably result in a reduce
ton of the liberal amount which right minded
people think should be appropriated.
Many clerks in the War Department are
now, in addition to the irregular, daily duties,
to work from until P. M, and without
additional compensation. 1t seems unworthy
of great government like ours to ignore
the maxim that 1.-THE laborer is worthy Of his
hire"
The closing words of Senator Frye's elo-
quent Grafton at the memorial services in
honor of Gen. Logan in the Senate were :
Logan was a fearless, honest man. May
our dear Lord give him q blessed rest and a
glorious immortality" As he concluded, a
murmur of applause arose from the vast
audience which crowded the floor of the
Senate and the galleries.
"Our Charley the chief of the Bureau Of
has improved in appearance since
he left Augusta. He wears better clothes.
and looks fresher everyday. Dear me! l
did not mean that. There's nothing fresh
about "our Charley" He is a regular old
salt, as everybody knows. Somebody has
accused him of putting his own name in an
other mans book. and then sending it to
Congress as his own. But Charley denies it
Indignantly, and wants to fight duel with
the calumuiator; weapons, Delaying pins,
distance, ships length.
AstOnishing Success.
Al